Brother Harry, I send you most terrible News,Of strange horrid crimes they poor Jockies accuse;To our grief, I must tell you, this doctrine's laid downBy Anti-Sejanus and good Doctor ["Estimate"] B—:That however sensible, noble, or great,Attach'd to his King, and the good of the State,A man should be branded with shame and disgrace,If he ever was known to be at a Horse Race,Fal-la-ra.

By all manner of ways an estate to increase,And, to save paying taxes, to patch up a peace;To keep workmen from work, and their children from bread,You might think would endanger your life, or your head;Yet in this there's no harm, 'tis a doctrine laid downBy Anti-Sejanus and good Doctor B—:But it's factious, licentious, it's shame and disgrace,As you ought be drubb'd if you're at a Horse-Race.

To lie with another man's wife there's no hurt,Provided you're decent, and keep on your shirt:To give her next morn, if she pleases you well,As a present, a place or employment to sell,Is virtuous, honest, and doctrine laid downBy Anti-Sejanus and good Doctor B—:But it's infamous, wicked, it's shame and disgrace,If ever you're known to be at a Horse Race....

Should you start forth like CUMBERLAND, active and brave,From a horrid Rebellion, the nation to save;Should you be what a Nobleman always should be,Like GRAFTON and ROCKINGHAM, gen'rous and free;It will signify nought; for the doctrine laid downBy Anti-Sejanus and good Doctor B—,Is, You ought to branded with shame and disgrace,If ever you're known to promote a Horse Race.

But, lest you should think my epistle too long,I'll tell you my mind, and so finish my song:I believe, by my soul, that, what vexes them most,Is, that they have got the wrong side of the Post;And, spite of the maxims and doctrine laid down,By Anti-Sejanus and good Doctor B—,I'll be whipp'd if, again might they get into place,They wou'd not turn Jockies, and ride a Horse Race.